Moses Supposes: http://www.mosesavalon.com/ Music Biz inside info, outside the box Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:15:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 noThe Moses Avalon Company 2008moses,avalon,music,business,music,news,recording,industry,record,deals,recording,contracts,360,deals,illegal,downloads,confessions,of,a,record,producer,music,industry,news,music,news,musicMr. Avalon began his career as a New York record producer and recording engineer. His combined work with Grammy® award-winning recording artists earned him several RIAA Platinum record awards as well as other awards throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Today he is an artist?s rights activist and the author of a top selling music industry reference, Million Dollar Mistakes and also Confessions Of A Record Producer which is required reading in the music business curriculum of over 40 schools, including, UCLA, Loyola, Fullsail and NYU. Mr. Avalon is a court-recognized music business expert in New York, California, Florida and Porto Rico and has also acted in an advisory capacity to multiple State Attorney General Offices and the Senate Judiciary Committee in Sacramento in their campaign to help legitimize areas of the music business. His award winning website which discusses controversial issues in the music business and his advocacy efforts can be visited at www.MosesAvalon.com. He is a regular columnist for EQ, ALARM, and other industry magazines. His blog, MOSES SUPPOSES, reaches over 13,000 direct subscribers and approximately 100,000 readers though syndication. He has appeared on Court TV, MSNBC, CNN Money Line, Bill O?Reilly and other national TV shows.The Music Biz: inside info, outside the boxMoses Avalon Tidal – Jay-Z’s $56M Buy. Or, Paying is the New Free http://www.mosesavalon.com/tidal-wav-understanding-jay-zs-56m-buyin/ http://www.mosesavalon.com/tidal-wav-understanding-jay-zs-56m-buyin/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 17:49:40 +0000 http://www.mosesavalon.com/?p=6879 Moses Avalon My mind is spinning with the myriad “experts” who think Jay-Z is a moron for buying a streaming service that has no ability to compete with existing players. Nothing could be further from the truth. In case you are just tuning in, Tidal is a premium grade high-resolution music streaming service for which Jay-Z […]

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